Does a civilized society tolerate animal cruelty?
From Bahama islands info When you see what we at the Humane Society of Grand Bahama see on a regular basis, one of two things happen. You either can’t take it and quit, or you toughen up somehow, because if…
Gore to this than meets the eye?
By Ben Butler Business reporter, The Sydney Morning Herald If the corporate watchdog is to be believed, the Gold Coast is not the only sunny place favoured by bankrupt property developer Craig Gore, the son of Sanctuary Cove developer Mike….
Bolt may be fast but Sailfish is faster
From Cayman Islands Department of Environment DID YOU KNOW? The people of Grand Cayman had the opportunity to see the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, compete in the Cayman Invitational 2013 last May. Did you also know that…
Coconut water is the flavour of the month(s)
I am not a great fan of the flavour of coconut water but I have, shall we say, acquired or accepted that the taste is not unpleasant and have been sold on its array of promised health benefits. Coconut water…
Double Dutch: loopholes get multinationals off tax hook
By Peter Cluskey From The Irish Times Amongst the Dutch tax provisions companies find most alluring is the absence of withholding tax on earnings derived from IP Holland’s byzantine network of tax treaties has led to some 23,000 shell companies…
Bre-X class action settlement approved; investors get fraction of losses
Hugh McKenna, Canadian Press From Financial Post TORONTO — The lengthy battle by Bre-X investors to recover billions in Canada’s largest mining fraud appears to be over in what one of the original plaintiff lawyers in the case called a…
Webb’s web has made a difference in only a year
Please read the following stories about CONCACAF’s president from the Cayman Islands, Jeffery Webb. The first was written at his appointment and the other a year later. 1. Cayman Islands banker inexplicably elected new CONCACAF boss By Erik Malinowski*, Dead…
40th Independence Anniversary launch ceremony held in Rawson Square
From Bahama islands info Wednesday, 05 June 2013 13:07 REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR ARTHUR FOULKES GCMG GOVERNOR GENERAL COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS ON THE OCCASION OF 40TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH CEREMONY RAWSON SQUARE 3 JUNE 2013 We speak in…
A viewpoint to make you think
Email doing the rounds about fanatics An email crossed our desk about fanatics taking control and supposedly written by Dr. Emanuel Tanya*, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist. One of our occasional columnists, Carol-Ann Rudy, has done some investigation for me…
Jersey firm defends island’s tax regime
From The Voice of Russia A Jersey-based finance company says David Cameron is playing politics over tax havens ahead of an international summit. The PM has invited representatives from Jersey, the Cayman Islands and other tax havens to London on…
